Where does “pucios” come from?
pucios (Romanian) comes from Romanian puți, from Vulgar Latin putire, from Latin pūteō, from Proto-Italic pūtos, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.
pucios (Romanian): stinking, smelly, having a foul odor or smell,...
Definitions
- stinking, smelly, having a foul odor or smell,...
Ancestry of “pucios”, step by step
pucios traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian puți
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | puți | to reek, stink of, have a foul smell |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | putire | present active infinitive of *putiō |
| 3 | Latin | pūteō | to stink, be rotten, putrid |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | pūtos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | puHtós | pure, clean |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |
via Latin puteōsus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | puteōsus | — |